#EFE971#EFE971

#EFE971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.142 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE971
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 52.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -13.34, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 59.71, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0398 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.142 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.7180, 77.8228, 27.0737)
Luminance	0.7782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE971 #7177EF

analogous

#EFAA71 #EFE971 #B6EF71

triadic

#EFE971 #71EFE9 #E971EF

tetradic

#EFE971 #71EFAA #7177EF #EF71B6

square

#EFE971 #71EFAA #7177EF #EF71B6

split-complementary

#EFE971 #71B6EF #AA71EF

monochromatic

#CEC617 #E9E03A #EFE971 #F5F2A8 #FBFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EFE971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE971

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE971	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.142 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9d',
    500: '#efe971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe971;
$custom-light: #f7ef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 79.747,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9152,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE971

secondary

#3C43C8

accent

#13DC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE971

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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